The Savoy nameplate was applied to Plymouth’s full-size cars in the U.S. from 1951 to 1964 and usually signified the entry-level model. But for the new C-body Plymouths built in Windsor, Ontario, in 1965 for consumption within Canada, the Savoy was the equivalent of the Fury I in the U.S. The seller has a decent ’65 Savoy 2-door post that has had a fair amount of mechanical work done, leaving the cosmetics to the buyer. Located in Parksville, British Columbia, this Canadian Mopar is available here on craigslist for $4,500 (USD or CDN?). Kudos to “Curvette” for the rare tip!
From 1962 to 1964, Plymouth had been at a competitive disadvantage as the big models had been downsized to the B-body platform due to a corporate intel snafu (or so the story goes). When the automobiles regained weight and size in 1965 with a new C-body platform, the big Plymouths were now called Fury I, II, or III, depending on trim (like the Biscayne, Bel Air, and Impala over at Chevrolet). Only in the Canadian market and only for one year was the Savoy name on a big C-body Plymouth (per the seller). So, the seller’s car is likely unusual regardless of which side of the border you’re on.
This Plymouth likely had few options in ’65, the most notable being a TorqueFlite automatic transmission (with the shifter now on the steering column rather than pushbuttons that dated to the 1950s). Chrysler’s venerable 225 cubic inch “Slant-Six” is at work here, and some mechanical tinkering has been done to make this car into a daily driver at 65,000 miles (or kilometers?). The work includes the brakes, fuel pump, and the sending unit. The carburetor has been rebuilt, the motor tuned up, and the valves adjusted.
While the deep red paint looks okay, the seller acknowledges there is some rust (trunk pan, doors, floor pans, and trunk lid, the worst of it is here, and a new piece is needed). The interior is worn for the age, and new seat covers at a minimum are needed. For the money, this looks like an okay project, and if the asking price is in CDN currency, the USD amount would convert to less than $3,300.
The odometer is definitely in miles Russ. We didn’t switch over to kilometres until April 1st 1975 🇨🇦.
1st car I went 120 mph in ,,,was a ’65 Plymouth but the similarity stopped there. A neighbor had a ’65 Plymouth ex-state patrol car, 4 door, 383, all the cop jazz, I remember on image 7, the needle on the other side, maybe it was more than 120, exceeding the mechanical limits. I think later cop cars had 150 mph speedos. I was just a kid in the back seat, and we all cheered upon reaching that milestone, but in retrospect, pretty stupid now that I think of it, on worn bias-ply tires. I believe Plymouth was the #1 police car in ’65, Dodge came later.
This was a bare bones car, considering what you could have had. This car cost about $2375 new, one of the least expensive full size cars for ’65,( Sport Fury over $1,000 more) and why popular with police. The automatic was a $192 option over the 3 speed stick,( $205 with a V8) but not much else. I see padded dash, $19, radio $59, possibly seat belts, $30, but didn’t even get reverse lights, at $11, and they say we Yanks are frugal. This is a great find, good price, usable, good economy, but I just don’t know of a market for a car like this today, or in the future. A 454 Chevelle it ain’t.
Canadians bought the cheapest car possible , mostly because they rusted to junk in 3 years
Nice Plymouth. Simple basic transportation. Find a decent running 383 w/3 or 4 spd & swap it in.
Looking at the cl ad the map shows its in Canada and the plate is from British Columbia. 1 + 1 = Canadian dollars pricing. Not bad at all. I’d have to paint the exterior though, not a fan of red.
Wow I had two 65 sport fury’s way back in the 80s and 90s one pace car convertible and a hard top never saw a slant 6 and post one like this and a Canadian savoy too! Sweet!
Learned to drive, legally anyway , on Dad’s 66 FuryIII, 4 door no post, 318. Fun times in 68-69. I was not aware of a 2door post, Cool!
Price is in Canadian dollars which is always the case when a car is advertised in Canada …
If it is Canadian dollars that would be around $3263 USD – A kinda cool car – Who sat in the back seat enough to wear it out? Replace the trunk lid and put on seat covers – buff paint new tires and drive.
If you have a computer with a good size monitor the Craigslist ads allow you to blow up the photos, not so with Facebook I think, and this is an above average ad for Craigslist. Very good list of repairs and needs, though no photos of the floor or under rust. The photo does not show much wrong with the trunk lid or the trunk, mostly surface rust with likely rot too. I think this is a rather attractive car, especially the front view, rare now days and priced well.
been 40+ years since i saw 1 of these with the leaning tower of power in it
1965 Barracuda/Valiant hubcaps.
I had a ’65 Fury III convertible bought for $600 in 1985; I gave up on her in the early 90s for lack of parts to repair the rear quarter & trunk rust (the decklid I scored out of Arizona), 383/TF ran great.
I was a young poor, so I shopped/haunted many salvage yards in south Jersey and Philadelphia for parts. There was a ’65 Fury II wagon in a yard in Tabernacle, NJ that had a slant-6 in it. Couldn’t believe it. Wagon was out of Ft. Dix. I grabbed the larger drum assemblies off of it since the unfinned drums on mine had a nasty tendency to fade.
To quote Scott of Cold War Motors on YouTube: “Turn up the Base!” (model)
When I was 17 my friends mother had one like this in blue As soon as he got his license we were out riding in it Two dumb teenagers thinking we were cool